I don’t know why I trust more easily a wedding on stage than a “real one”. It happens to me since childhood. It always seems more exciting to me watching Jason and Creusa pledging eternal love than looking at any trembling pair signing a document. Is it because at the wedding of Jason and Creusa we already knew what Medea was going to do a little later? Who knows. Perhaps the reason is that the main characters of the play look slightly better coached on stage than at the altar, the audicence really want to enjoy the show -not because of an awkward position- and mainly, because we all know what will happen at the end.

I insist: I feel more excited about the final arabesque of Aurora and Désiré with its apotheosis of fairies and other trifles, than the “yes, I do” by anyone. If I can choose, I’d prefer Tchaikovsly’s music, a white dress worn by the many brides of the previous casts, and a groom looking at his bride with true love, and not showing stage fright, which is what just happens to those not used to be onstage.

And being honest, I also admit that it seems more convincing James’s swearing gesture, than the “I do” I hear in weddings. James, in the solitude of the forest, and having jilt Effy on her wedding veil, follows his beloved and swears eternal love to her when no one sees them; it’s a shame how he ruines the Sylphide with a scarf that first destroys her wings and then, her own life. But that symbolic gesture of James, raising his right hand while keeping his heart with the left, is very powerful. You can work on speeches easily, and words can hide things, but with body language is more difficult to camouflage anything. Or this is what I still believe.

Courage, Kate. Your role is perfectly coached. Don’t let anyone to freeze your heart. And if it happens, run away, but don’t look back.